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This book intricately explores the Hill Tracts between Assam and Burma, as well as the Upper Brahmaputra region, offering a comprehensive array of subjects authored by different contributors. Lieutenant R. Wilcox leads the Survey of Assam (1825-8), while Captain R. Boileau Pemberton delivers the Summary of Captain S. F. Hannay's Route (1833-6), detailing an expedition from Ava's capital to the Amber Ruins in the Hookoong Valley. W. Griffith, Assistant Surgeon on the Madras Establishment, narrates the Journal of a Trip to the Mishmi Mountains (1836) and the Journey from Upper Assam towards Hookhoom, Ava, and Rangoon (1836). Mr. G. T. Bayfield shares the Narrative of a Journey from Ava to the Frontiers of Assam (1836-37), and H. L. Jenkins contributes Notes on a Trip Across the Patkoi Range (1869-70) and the Burmese Route from Assam to the Hookoong Valley. The Title 'Selection of Papers Regarding the Hill Tracts between Assam and Burmah and on the Upper Brahmaputra.